[ Note: Looks like Viktor isn't glorious evolution-ing just yet! He's currently disabled on the PBE so see this thread for details on his rework. Once he's up and running I'll have a full coverage! ]

The PBE has been updated and it is another big one, including a new Order of the Lotus Karma skin, a gameplay update for Soraka, two new summoner icons, a new Viktor splash art, new ability icons for Viktor, and texture updates for Viktor, Prototype Viktor, and Full Machine Viktor!

Continue reading for more information!

(Warning: PBE Content is tentative and iterative - what you see may not reflect what eventually gets pushed to live servers! Manage your expectations accordingly. )

New Skin - Order of the Lotus Karma

"Ionia speaks through me" - At long last Karma has a new skin up for testing!

Order of the Lotus Karma

Our Ionian lady has arrived to the fight in a new pink, green and gold outfit representing the Order of the Lotus. Here's what's changed for this skin from her base:

New model with pink skirt, green pants and details, & gold armor

New effects that are bright pink and gold, showcasing the glory of the Lotus

New recall where she does an elegant fan-dance, complete with thematic sounds

As players who get the first look at this in-progress skin, it would be wonderful to hear your thoughts and feelings on her! The feedback and bugs you leave here will help us get a better idea of things we may still have to take a look at. (totally copypasta'd this line I admit it)

Note: we are aware there will be a bit of clipping (pieces of her model moving unnaturally through other pieces during animations) and will be fixing it soon. :)
GG WP Time to play more Karma~"

[ A flower swirls around Karma when her passive coolsdown her R ]

[ Q ]

[ Q explosion ]

[ W ]

[ W Root ]

[ R activated ]

[ R + Q ]

[ R + W ]

[ R + E ]

Soraka Gameplay Update

"By the power of the stars." - Soraka's gameplay update is here and up for testing on the PBE! Her reworked kit features totally a totally new Passive, Q, and E, as well as significant changes for her W and her R is pretty much the same!

Creates a zone at target location for 1.5 seconds. Enemies standing in the zone are silenced until they leave. When the zone disappears, all enemies still standing in the zone are rooted for 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 second(s).

(R) Wish

Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 160/145/130 seconds

Calls upon Divine powers to restore 150/250/350 ( + .55 AP ) Health to all allied champions. Wish's power is increased by 50% on each champion below 40% health.

Celestine Soraka does have her own, slightly different versions of Soraka's new VFX

[Postponed] Viktor Gameplay Update

While Viktor's gameplay update was included in the 9/9 PBE patch, a few critical bugs are keeping us from testing out his glorious evolution and he is currently DISABLED for testing.

"Summoners, Viktor is undergoing final modifications and has been disabled for the time being."

As such, full details on his abilities and new visual effects will have to wait until he is fixed in a future PBE update. In the mean time, check out Solcrushed'sthread for more details on the rework.

The good news is there are a few non-gameplay related updates for him that we can still look at, including new ability icons, a new splash art, and a texture updates for Viktor, Prototype Viktor, and Full Machine Viktor!

New Ability Icons

GLORIOUS ICONLUTION - Viktor has a new set of ability icons to go along with his gameplay update!

[Passive, Q, W, E ,R]

[Augmented Q, W, E, R]

New Viktor Splash Art

To go along with his new rework and texture updates, Viktor also has a brand new base splash art!

Viktor

Viktor Texture Update

and to go along with his rework and new splash, Viktor, Prototype Viktor, and Full Machine Viktor all have updated textures on the PBE!

Viktor

[ Old on Left and New PBE version Right ]

Prototype Viktor

[ Old on Left and New PBE version Right ]

Full Machine Viktor

[ Old on Left and New PBE version Right ]

Creator Viktor has not been updated, likely as he already has fairly recent and up to date textures.

New Summoner Icons

Two new summoner icons in this patch, one for the World Championship 2014 and one for the Fantasy LCS Beta.

Summoner's Rift Update sort of returns

Balance Changes

* Remember *: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, and sometimes radical changes. The changes you see below may be lacking context or other accompanying changes that didn't make it in - don't freak out! These are not official notes.

Champions

Rammus

Power Ball (Q) now specifies "Activating Defensive Ball Curl will remove this effect after 1 second."